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I can answer your question about Curry playing on offense and defense. See the attachment showing an article from my 1965 Blueprint (1964 Football Season). See near bottom noting that Dave Simmons and Bill Curry led the defense against Duke. We were ranked number 6 after that game...

Your good memory led me to do some additional research. I personally do not remember as I mentioned. I happen to have Frank Sexton's book named "Old School Football and Faith". Frank was number 81. I have attached two Pages from his book. Turns out that he was the Tech player who...

As you recalled above, the failed two-point conversion was the most important play of the game. However, there was enough time remaining (5.5 Min) for Alabama to get two more possessions with a chance to win. In the name of transparency, I had to refer to a couple of written accounts for the...

Based on Curry's Book, he had 5 years of eligibility. I have attached a page from his Book. It appears that his time at Tech was as follows: 1960(Freshman Team) --1961(Soph Redshirt) --1962 (Soph)--1963(Junior)--1964(5th Year Senior). Bill was a leader on the 1964 team based my 1965...

In the Fall of 1962 during Freshman orientation week, Coach Dodd made a presentation to the Freshman class. We gathered in the West Stands behind the Old GTAA building. Since that was 61 years ago, I don't recall a lot of what he told us during that gathering. But the one sentence I do...

Just saw Mack Brown on Paul Finebaum's SEC Show saying he was confident UNC would be Fine regardless of what happened to the ACC. I believe this is his Second appearance. He claims to be a friend of Paul from ESPN days together. He must be Shopping around ??

This is a minor point, but Bill came to Tech in Fall of 1960. I have attached Two paragraphs from his Book, "Ten Men You Met in The Huddle" for review. He played on the Freshman Team in 1960, then redshirted in 1961 as a sophomore. Jim Carlen was his Freshman Coach. He also mentioned in the...

I agree that all the reasons discussed played a factor in Curry leaving Alabama. I recommend an article by Bill Curry concerning the GT-Alabama relationship. The article is titled "Holding a Grudge is Football Tradition". Easily found online by the title. Coach Curry details the 1961 game...

For those who are interested, see Coach Dodd's comments concerning Bill Curry and Alabama in "Dodd's Luck" in 1987. See attachment.

This move (Even an Attempt) would make the ACC look like a Hunter rather than the Hunted! Obviously the Big 12 Commissioner is attempting to expand and look like one of the major conferences! Our commissioner sits quietly! I recently saw a Navy Admiral say that "Quantity has a Quality of its...

AJC Reports that the GTAA 2023-24 Budget is estimated to be 124M to 128M.

I noticed a couple of articles that said ESPN had estimated an additional 10 to15 million for the "schools" that participate. I assume they meant per school, but the wording was a little vague.

This may be old news to the members, but I just noticed a scroll on the ACC network that the ACC Board of Directors support(Approved) a new Revenue Distribution Plan giving more money to Participants in the CFP and NCAA tournament.

ACC Board of Directors support new Distribution Plan giving more Money to CFP and NCAA participants. Perhaps this is old news to our members. I just saw a scroll on ACC Network.

Thanks. You are correct. I misspoke concerning Bylaws, I meant to say revenue distribution. On financial matters like revenue distribution, it looks like 2/3 of directors can adjust (10).

Thanks!

Sorry, correction--It was DAVID TEEL not David Hale who said 10 of 15 required to change By Laws!! David is a long time reported who is close to VT and UVA.

I did find it interesting that the "Magnificent 7" was made up of the ACC's best private school (Athletically) plus six public supported universities. Obviously, GT fits the profile as a state supported Institute (University Status). If the other public universities, Louisville and Pitt were...

If my memory is correct after 40 plus years, when GT joined the ACC there was an incentive for a Bowl team. The Team earning a Bowl Trip was given a 3/8 share of the money with 5/8 being shared among the other 7 members. Probably peanuts compared to today's payouts, but it was an incentive to...

The silence coming from Phillips has been deafening while all the media Talk has been about the fragility of the ACC for at least a year. But as you say, he has a poor hand to play. When your conference has only 1 or 2 teams in the top 25 and half the TV viewers as the SEC and B1G, what can...